Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
Originally Posted by VickyS
Woolworth's and the 5 & Dime were the places I got the fabric for my 4-H sewing projects using those machines. Trying to find the "new" 45" material - so the clothing patterns had different yardage layouts for 36" and 45" material.
I remember the move it an inch forward and back, depending on whether the previous rip put the fabric way out of a straight line - the cheaper materials were not always woven evenly so they didn't tear straight. Then you would get home and have to straighten out the tears by pulling a thread and cutting along the pulled thread line. So much work!
Why would a pulled thread line be any more straight than a ripped line?
It isn't ! They are the same!
But, if you pull a thread and cut along it, the fabric is not distorted along the edges of the cut like it is when it is pulled when the fabric is torn and the threads along the torn edges ravel a little bit.